Method, System and Apparatus for Controlling Patient Access to Medicaments

1. A method for validating access by a user to a drug locked in a container, the method comprising the following steps: the container generating a status code representing usage history of the drug by the user based on a history of the container being opened; communicating the status code generated by the container through a communication channel to a master system; processing the status code to determine whether to provide access to the drug based on the usage history represented by the status code; generating limited-use access authorization data for the container, if it is determined to provide access to the drug locked in the container; the master system communicating the limited-use access authorization data and using the limited-use access authorization data received from the master system to unlock the container.

2. The method of claim 1 , further comprising the container generating a subsequent status code representing updated drug usage by the user based upon at least the unlocking of the container.